4. A procedure for tourism sustainability assessment
This work builds on Ko (2001) and how holistic and reductionist approaches were combined. From the discussions mentioned in previous sections, this study aims to develop a practical approach to tourism sustainability assessment. Eight steps of sustainability assessment procedure are introduced in this section: identify the systems; identify dimensions; identify indicators; scale the indicators; determine gradations of sustainability; develop SAMs; extend sustainability over time; and evaluate the outcome (see Table 3).